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. G; M. WOFFORD ET AL HOOK Filed Nov.g30, 1921 Patented June 19, 1923.

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Application filed November 30, 1921. Serial No. 518,937.

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Be it known thatl we, GEORGE vMILLER lWOFFORD and JOHN ALONZO Bnrsrow, citi zens of the United States, residing at Athens, in the county of Henderson, State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Hook, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a simple means whereby the parts of a back band of a harness or the like may be connected securely but separably.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devicesy of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction vhereinafter described and claimed, it being' understood that, within the scope of whatis claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of' the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a longitudinal section; and Figure 3 is a transverse section.

The device forming the subject matter of this application includes a body 1 coinprising a main plate 2 equipped adjacent to one end with a transverse opening 3 and having overhanging side flanges 4. The numeral 5 marks a cross bar, extended trans` versely of the opening 3 and dividing the same into an outer slot 6 and an inner slot 7, one edge of the cross bar 5 being supplied with teeth 8, disposed at an angle to the plate 2. The cross bar 5 has broadened ends f 9 received between the main plate 2 andthe flange 4 thereof, and held in place by securing elements 10, passing through the main plate 2, through the ends 9 of the cross bar and through the flanges 4. An auxiliary plate 1l is superposed on the main plate 2 and serves to reinforce the same. At its longitudinal center, the auxiliary plate 11 is bulged outwardly to form a tubular guide 12. The edges of the auxiliary plate 11 extend beneath the flanges 4 of the main plate 2, `securing elements 14 engagingthe main plate 2 the plate 11 and the flanges 4. Further, securing elements 15 connect the auxiliary plate 11 with the main plate 2,y at points adjacent to thetubular guide 12 to the end that the auxiliary plate l1 may noty spring or bend outwardly, away from the plate 2. The tubular guide 12 is provided with a bayonet slot 16. The bolt 17 is mounted for reciprocation in the guide 12, in slidable contact with the main plate-2,

'and has a stud 19 adapted to move in the bayonet slot 16. .In the outerl end of the bolt 17, a hook 18 is formed, the same being adapted to receive detachably, a link 20.

ln practical operation, a flexible element of any desir-ed sort may be extended through the slot 6, over the cross bar 5, and through the slot 7, the teeth 8 serving to hold the flexible element in place. A flexible element or anything else may be connected to the link 20. t is clear that when the bolt 17 is advanced, as shown in Figure 1 the link 2O may bev detached from the hook 18. If the bolt 17 be retracted in the guide 12, and' rotated, the bill of' the hook 18 will enter the vguide 12 as shown in Figure 2 and, consequently, the link 20 cannot be detached from the hook. When the bolt 17 is retracted and rotated, as aforesaid, the stud 19 on the bolt enters the transverse portion of the bayonet slot 16 inthe guide 12 and, thus, the Vvbolt 17 is held retracted, in the position shown in Figure 2.

What is claimed is 1. ln a .device of the class described, a body comprising a main plate having overhanging flanges; an auxiliary plate engaged beneath the flanges, and provided with a guide; a bolt mounted to reciprocate in the guide and supplied at one end with a hook which is closed by the guide when the bolt ment; and a bolt slclable in the guide, the ai; our own, We have hereto atlixecl our signabolt being provided with a hook which s tures in the presence of two witnesses.

closed. by the guide when the bolt is re- GEORGE MILLER l/VOFFORD. treated; and interengagng elements on the JOHN ALONZO B'RlSTOVV.

5 bolt and the guidea for holding the bolt re- Witnesses: f

tracted. E. H. lNIXoN,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing JEANNE: MILLS. l 

